LENIN MISCELLANY.
(where we rallied well in opposition, although we did sign a mani
festo) The delegate sent to you will partly tell you this, and we shall 
write the rest to you in part.
(There is no money, no money!! 
T h i s  i s  t h e  m a i n  t r o u b l e!)
Best greetings.
Your Lenin.
[Postscript by N. K. Krupskaya.]
Dear A. M.!
We shall write a letter to Soc[ial]-Dem[ocrat] today (in view of the 
events unfolding in Russia, the C.C. of the R.S.-D.R.P. is interested in 
having foreign comrades properly informed. As a person whose commu
nications should be treated with complete confidence, we recommend
A. M. Kollontai).
As to Russia, you are right; the main thing that is necessary now is — 
proper channels*), then it is not so important even which country. 
The trouble is that there are no established, proper channels. People 
are travelling gradually and capable ones, but there is great difficulty 
with money and documents.
Well, all the best; I am in a great hurry now.
N[adezhda] K[rupskaya].
1) Charles Kerr — American publisher of socialist publications.
*) Conference of the Left — Zimmerwald conference, September 5–8.
) As for the Russian center, I shall not even speak of it; without this it is 
simply impossible; we are doing what we can.

27.
Dear Alexa[nder]!
I received your letters with news of the good progress of transport and 
was extremely delighted by them. 
As to literature in Vardo, try to preserve and 
save everything — send us complete sets of "Proletariat" and "Forward," 
old pamphlets (1905) too we shall use; it is worth sending them to Russia 
once transport becomes generally possible 1).
I read the news of the Duma being "dissolved" yesterday in the foreign 
papers. It is clear that reaction is either frightened by the bloc of the 
left, or is speculating on some kind of "military" chances (or on a sepa
rate peace?). Our attitude toward revolutionary-chauvinists (like Kerensky 
and part of the social-democrats — liquidators or patriots), in my opinion, 
cannot be expressed by the formula: "support." Between revolutionary-
chauvinists (revolution for victory over Germany) and revolutionary — 
proletarian internationalists (revolution for awakening the proletariat of 
other countries, for uniting it in a common proletarian revolution) — the 
gulf is too great for there to be any question of support here. We must 
u t i l i z e every protest (even timid and confused à la Gorky), and we do 
u t i l i z e the revolutionary work of chauvinists; from case to case we shall 
not refuse "joint actions" (in accordance with the resolutions of our party 
in 1907, London Congress, and 1913, our conference) '), but no further. 
In practice now: we shall not issue joint appeals and manifestos with 
revolutionary-patriots; we shall a v o i d Duma "blocs" with them, avoid 
"unification" with them in appearances at congresses, demonstrations, 
etc. But t e c h n i c a l mutual services, once the patriots agree to them, — 
will probably be possible (as before 1905 with the liberals), and we shall not
Lenin Miscellany.

To A. Shlyapnikov.
19/IX—[1915].